west africa region because they say the people have little for use in the justice system. or you're. officials fired over the handling of the crime the virus outbreak in china the number of deaths has now passed a 1000. i'm richelle carey this is a bizarre life and also coming up the threat of a military confrontation between turkey and syria after soldiers are killed on both sides. praise for the us presidency hits at ballots are cast in new hampshire as democrats trace votes in the 1st primary. and a rare sight snow covered palm trees on the streets of baghdad.

the number of people killed by the virus outbreak has now passed a 1000 chinese officials have announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day job since the outbreak began the chinese government is blaming local officials and have a province for acting too slowly in the early stages of the outbreak 12 officials are the latest to be removed from office a team from the world health organization has arrived in china the head of the w.h.o. has warned the growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more human to human transmission outside china in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of only transmission from people was no travel history to china like the cases reported in france yesterday and the united kingdom today. the detection of these small number of cases could be the spark that becomes

a bigger fire but ford no it's only a spark objective remains containment and in thailand passengers on a cruise ship are being refused permission to disembark a westerdam has already been turned away from japan and the philippines head of the world health organization has warned of a growing risk of a pandemic as we said is human to human transmission and to continue let's go to adrian brown who is live in hong kong adrian a lot of developments in the last 24 hours can you get us up to speed. yeah this is a crisis that's really playing out in real time there are developments happening almost in on the hour every hour after noon in china it was reported on state media for instance that the 2 most senior health officials in hooper province have now been removed from their posts this suggests that a political purge is now under way in the past few days

a number of lower ranking officials have also been dismissed analysts say that the local government is being accused of failing to report on the extent of the outbreak in early january it sought to play down the seriousness of the virus outbreak there is possibly a reason for that say analysts because in early january a local gathering of the national people's congress was being held an important annual event and perhaps they didn't want the you know gathering to be overshadowed by a health emergency also those officials had given the go ahead for an annual banquet attended by 40000 people to take place just days before they ordered the lockdown of hand what we're seeing is a lot of anger directed at local officials because people know they can't directly criticize the very leadership at the top president xi jinping for instance so they attacked local officials and that suits of course the top leadership because it

makes it easier for them to remove local officials because it didn't appears that they are ceding to the wishes of the people also we've been hearing from hong kong's head of public health at hong kong university. who's given an interview to the guardian newspaper and he has come out with a scary prediction he says that if this virus is not contained that it could spread to 60 percent of the world's population and as you heard then from the head of the world health organization in the introduction he is saying that he's concerned by the fact that we're seeing. more and more infections by people who haven't set foot in china and that we may be seeing just the tip of the iceberg also outside of china it's be confirmed that $65.00 more passengers on board the quarantined diamond princess luxury cruise and have now tested positive for the virus ok adrian brown with the latest from hong kong adrian thank you and the race is on to fast

track a vaccine but a major breakthrough isn't likely to happen for months scientists say a lack of cooperation globally is on progress reports from seoul china's prime minister liko chang visiting scientists at the forefront of his country's efforts to tackle the coronavirus initially criticized for its slow response to the outbreak china very quickly shared the genetic map of the newly identified virus prompting an international race to find a vaccine for it but it's likely to take months supplied to look it's always difficult to give a precise dean but in any case nothing before the autumn so this means will have a product by september or october when we can say for so endanger we can use it on people. frustratingly for scientists the development time for a new vaccine often means it's not available until the outbreak they need it for

has peaked or is dying out but at least research is working on this perona virus have a head start thanks to work already done on similar viruses at the international vaccine institute in seoul as elsewhere staff have experience dealing with other members of the same coronavirus family including mers from the middle east and the sars outbreak of 2003 what typically happens is we have an operate people get very concerned governments get concerned the television has lots of broadcasts and then the outbreak ends and concern ends and then funding ends and you know we have a number of vaccines as we have for sars that haven't ever been tested in humans in the absence of a specific vaccine antiviral drugs for other conditions are also being tested it's lead to more scientists calling for a coordinated development of prototype vaccines able to deal with entire families

of viruses that can be adapted for a future outbreak because the goal of course is to have one on the shelf that you could use against the next virus that might emerge as well as the one that we're currently dealing with the global response to this outbreak could be a step towards greater cooperation probably broad al-jazeera sold. his military says it's killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers and it led province in retaliation for the deaths of some of its troops 5 turkish troops were killed on monday when syrian forces attacked a military observation post in the town there. in the province it is the 2nd such escalation this month between those 2 countries turkey is backing opposition rebels trying to hold out against the offensive by damascus and the u.n. says nearly 700000 people have been forced from their homes by the fighting in northern syria. 100000 moved in the past week it's thought to be the biggest displaced in such a short period of time in this 9 year war government troops and their allies are

advancing with the help of russian air power activists say syrian government forces have captured all of the im 5 highway that links some of syria's biggest cities aleppo damascus and latakia the road is crucial for the country's economy turkey has 12 observation posts along its borders and several are surrounded by syrian troops including one that came under fire on monday prompting turkish retaliation and it was so low it's inside syria. not far from the turkish border following all these developments in what's the latest. well the latest is that clashes are still underway in the south of there are still syrian government's bombardments in the western country side of a love for the situation preserves its tensity and intense clashes from time to time sometimes. light clashes between the opposition armed groups and the syrian government but i have to say that the turkish government is also in

continuing its reinforcements for the turkish military observation post as well as the syrian government trying to enhance its. military positions as well it seems the tension between turkey and the syrian government over the recent situation. to be in the same will keep to be in the same way for a while there are some talks underway between turks and russians about still nothing came up with that or a turkey is try turkey actually began to enhance its military positions there in 4 years and by sending reinforcements beginning from the 1st of february to the school asians on especially after the syrian government to control of the very important highway and 5 when they move towards iraq of the opposition and also tricky as the governor of the us than a peace process under the escalation in their school ations of believes that

surround is a benchmark that's why it should be in it should be actually under the opposition control that's why the reinforcements were basically sent to this area in order to stop the syrian government's move from east mainly aleppo. to. aleppo's west to live to preserve the statue go in is. but it seems the syrian government is devoted to continue its efforts to move from. as to north causing more internally displaced people as it's happened for the last 10 days also even last night the syrian government bombarded the areas in. countryside western and western countries are developed for which killed 16 people in total and again cause many people being displaced and of course the density of the displaced people by turkey syria border is

increasing given the military tension for now we see that syria and turkey are at the brink of a war for the 1st time in the 9 year long civil war ok sort of personal life for us inside syria thank you. in the coming hours lebanon's parliament is to vote on the appointment of a new cabinet anti-government protesters who spent months calling for a political overhaul are rejecting the new prime minister sunday obsolete or ships are gathering outside parliament work m.p.'s will decide on whether to accept government and his policies of art all this is going to her is in beirut so they know what's expected today. well anti-establishment protesters are trying to prevent that parliament session from taking place but it is proving to be difficult you can see behind me heavily fortified the parliament square really has been heavily fortified by the

authorities they've replaced metal barriers with cement walls they're using water cannons tear gas to keep protesters away protesters have gathered at a number of locations around parliament square there throwing stones they really have no faith in the new government parliament is supposed to give the new government a vote of confidence but for people here this government is not any different from past governments because it was appointed by the political parties who have ruled this country over the past 3 decades but as you can see people are up against a state that is determined to perpetuate its power it is using whatever resources it has to remain in power but clearly the repression that you have seen really over the past 3 or 4 weeks is doing little to to give this new government credibility and legitimacy in the eyes of the people. and.

thank you at least 5 people have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital civilians were among the victims when a car bomb exploded near a military academy in kabul no one has claimed responsibility. at least 1500 refugees have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized as they tried to escape bangladesh authorities say the incident happened near st martin's island in the bay of bengal the coast guard and navy are searching for survivors more that a 1000000 runner refugees live in dire conditions in camps and bangladesh 750000 pledge from me and maher following the brutal military crackdown in 2017. still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. accuses china chinese military hacker 7 data breach affecting nearly 150000000 people i mean take a look at how india's governing party is doing in crucial state elections.

how i was still seeing some very windy weather across northern parts of europe of course thanks to storm kara i was there the storms abate in germany this is the situation is this that the storm made its way across poland actually so we have say quite rapid movements across northern parts of europe that wet weather that windy weather the destructive weather continuing but the winds starting sides of now starting to ease down see how quickly the cloud is making its way through quite a rash of chilly showers coming back in behind the winds taking in the north westerly elemental with the cooler element to the winds there still taught a pack toss abbas hence the very strong winds and there we go with those blustery wintry shalah scotland northern parts of a good knowledge saying wintry flurries as we go through chews day down into

central parts of hewitt and i would too will see east as well missing some wintry weather to fall could measure just around eastern parts of turkey as we go on through into the middle part of the way temperatures trying to recover it's a slow process but they will gradually recover when starting to establish still lots of wintry flurries in the mix as we go on through the next couple of days from the all the parts of africa is a good deal quieter hey we have got a few showers into mali but the most is fine and dry. weather on line like probably would be one of the worst around the mainstream media about really not. or if you join us on sat there is a difference between diversity and inclusion and overseas sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they're applied to iran are an act of warfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to get to blame me to just sit down and listen join the

global conversation on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now the number of people killed by the corona virus has passed 1000 a team of experts has arrived in china and thailand has denied entry to a cruise ship over concerns about the spread of the virus turkey says it's killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers it is the 2nd such as collation this month between the 2 countries and in the coming hours lebanon's parliament will vote on the appointment of

a new cabinet anti-government protesters who spent months calling for a political overhaul all rejecting prime ministers. the prime minister's hoping that till the prime minister should pose government and his policies are. the coronavirus is having a devastating impact on the chinese economy according to analysts a leading government then tank believes a whole percentage point would be wiped off economic probus year all independent economists estimate growth of just 3.6 percent in the 1st 3 months of this year that is way below their previous 4.8 percent prediction and more than $300.00 companies are waiting for loans worth $8200000000.00 to stave off job losses but there's also destruction to trade advents outside of china or insular reports in the singapore air show. it's one of the biggest highlights for the flying to the plate number of humans people stop whatever it is that they were doing i think if you want to keep it you had the best time i hate being overshadowed by santo but

the road firing this event is taking place today it's up to the government waste it seems reasonable to assume that the 2nd highest level no organizers say they're taking precautions in conducting the most meaning and turning away people who are normally well but more than 70 companies have pulled out of the event. somewhat more subdued especially in the exhibition hall where. they were. scaled back its presence. made. in 2018 generated nearly $250000000.00 in spending. pirates his having and impact on the aviation industry analysts we spoke to says. he described it as a crisis but says the street is resilient and it will be able to rebound as to how

long it's going to take. that's more difficult to predict especially considering all the noise ation say it's still too early to tell whether the virus has. mourners are attending a public memorial service in nairobi for former kenyan president. 11 country for 24 years until 2002 he died last week at the age of 95 let's go live now to the kenyan capital nairobi to talk to our catherine what was what was life like under his rule . by. the way with. the region just. pay respect saying goodbye he was very well respected in the region thousands of years will. all say their goodbyes. they gave him

a government paid more than 200 people 220-0000 people went to. a rule of the president it really depends on who you. are the president the former president really. kept the country. when our country. in the region while in conflict they say that he promoted education he. did construction of mainly primary secondary and university school he kept children in school by providing free milk he was very passionate about the environment adult with beheaded the planting of trees and building put you to avoid the regime but on the. heels government was very dictatorial he ruled over a government that sanctioned detentions and thousands of people were arrested right after an attempted coup in 1982 and again during the.

election i spoke to one man who says that he cannot forgive he was detained for 9 years so a lot of people saying that he should not legacy should not really be. he during his reign there was a lot of corruption on tribal violence especially during the election and the elections and by that i really thought he was leaving power people were fed up they just wanted him gone they said that he almost destroyed the country all right catherine sawyer live for us in our roving catherine thank you for this department of justice as charge for members of the chinese military that's one of the biggest data hacks and history are just are breaking into the computer networks of the tax credit reporting agency in 2017 spent weeks in the equifax system stealing company secrets and personal data and a breach that affected nearly 150000000 people it's trying to track. an

american industry is of a piece with other chinese illegal acquisitions of sensitive personal data for years we have witnessed china's voracious appetite for the personal data of americans including the fast of personnel records from the office of personnel management the intrusion into marriott hotels and anthem health insurance companies and now the wholesale faffed of credit and other information from ethical facts and the us the new hampshire primary has officially begun in the small town of dixville notch it's a condition that goes back nearly 60 years when its residents were the 1st in the state to cast ballots and with their votes being cast so early they're among the 1st to declare results for tuesday's election michael bloomberg won with the rainbow and its edge and bernie sanders one of the primary in this relatively small state traditionally plays a big role in selecting the party nominee and salome explains why. new

hampshire resident jonathan blitz says he leans republican sue inly will board lean democrat but like many voters in this state they don't belong to a political party this is serious stuff and we need to change the direction of the country they were among hundreds of voters who lined up to see democrat pete in a school auditorium. balancing between p. and bernie right now although i do like him a closer to a little bit. with no clear front runner for the democratic presidential nomination these independent voters are in high demand particularly by middle of the road candidates like blue jackets when you're coming up here to run for president you're not just appealing to the members of your own party but you're also trying to reach those folks in the middle who might vote for your party but not want to identify with it maybe are not as ideological maybe a bit more pragmatic minded. 42 percent of the electorate here has no party affiliation and unlike voters in other states independents in new hampshire can

vote in either primary democrat or republican that's led to some surprise finishes in the past in 2016 bernie sanders who comes from the neighboring state of vermont beat party favorite hillary clinton here by more than 20 percent with his strong base of support he could win the primary again in 2020 but this year is like none other due to the large field of democrats and a president who's loved by his base despised by the left. so if you're a voter who doesn't like bernie sanders you're not just thinking which candidate do i like more than bernie sanders who currently which candidate who's not bernie sanders do i like can i support who i think has the best shot of beating him it's a job these voters take seriously we're still debating but i think he would be an excellent choice for the president in the united states and it's a bow to what i've heard a warrior more like right here on talk you still not decided. to close in on

not making the outcome hard to predict kristen salumi al jazeera nashua new hampshire. and the as governing party is expected to lose a major state election its 1st electoral test since anti-government protests began 2 months ago but counting is underway for the delhi legislative assembly early results suggest the liberal. party army is well ahead of the prime minister narendra modi's b j p the government is spent under pressure since passing the new citizenship law so let's get more on the results and what they mean from our correspondent in india ron is in new delhi for us so let's talk us through these results what do they mean for the b j p. so michelle would need all the votes counted to time it chief minister. and has me or common man party it looks like they'll get around 6070 seats in the delhi assembly and the party of

prime minister in that in the movie the b j p will get the rest there are celebrations already at the headquarters of. people saying people telling when we were there earlier that this is a vote for things like development education health care things that the common man party really camp a dog and a seen as having delivered on rather than the b j p s very divisive politics and campaign as we've been reporting you know the election took place is taking place off to some of the biggest protests against the b j p government over the citizenship law which is widely seen as being discriminatory against muslims the b j p really chose to campaign on this issue on the protests on ending the protests you know many analysts say that this was one of the most vitriolic campaigns that they can remember to be j.p. politicians were banned from campaigning want to compare and protest as to rapists and murderers and saying that they wanted to make india

a muslim country and now this said that protest is should be shot so. whether they were saying that i should just you know campaigning on and. the protests judging by the results campaigning on this one issue will not be enough to win a local election so it's not all bad news though for the b j p they did win more seats than the last time so put that in some sort of perspective for us liz. that's right richelle they did it looks like they'll get around 10 seats and that is 7. they only got 3 seats in the last election in 2015 and again to be j.p.s. spokesperson said 2 was that again and again and that you know they campaigned on the issue of nationalism and that that is something that resonates with voters

this this result that's what this result says so let's see you know what the what the final results on just one more thing to know these results we're talking about i mean which will be about the b j p it looks like india's oldest political party the congress party the party of india's founders mahatma gandhi and. nehru have once again. that they'll get 0. in this election so they perhaps will they will be the biggest loser ok elizabeth i've been in delhi elizabeth thank you. ireland's fall party has won the highest number of parliamentary seats in the general election by a single seat a swing national. search and support and are now the 2nd largest party in parliament the prime minister's party won $35.00 out of $160.00 seats so that means no one has an outright majority and there are likely to be very complicated negotiations ahead. a court in russia has handed down long prison sentences to 7

activists accused of trying to overthrow the government human rights groups and lawyers say the charges are fabricated and the men were tortured into giving false confessions there was sentenced to between 6 and 18 years opposition figure alexina vali tweeted that the sentences are horrible at least 6 people have died in europe a storm brought hurricane force winds knocking down trees and damaging buildings cleanup efforts are now underway in the u.k. after heavy rain left hundreds of homes and businesses underwater and france strong winds cut power to thousands of people the storm grounded flights hundreds of flights and delayed rail services across northwest europe and tarantula rain has flooded parts of brazil's most populous city verse in sao paulo have overflowed affecting major roads emergency crews rescued some people who'd been trapped on top of their cars for hours the rains caused mudslides and other parts of the city as

well and people in baghdad have woken up to a surprise snow fall blanketing iraq's capital it is common for there to be snow in the north of the country but in the lowlands around baghdad it's very unusual the last time it snow there was 2015. recap the headlines right now on al-jazeera the number of people killed by the corona virus has passed a 1000 dead experts has arrived in china and thailand has denied entry to a cruise ship over concerns about the spread of the virus that's already been turned away from japan and the philippines adrian brown has more from hong kong he says local officials in china are being blamed for the extent of the outbreak state media in china is reporting that the 2 most senior health officials in hooghly province of now being removed from the jew sees

a number of lower level officials have also been taken away from their posts during the past few weeks and i think this is a sign now that the the political purge if you like is beginning to widen now analysts say that the local government was too slow but noticing the outbreak of this virus and that when it did it tried to cover up the extent of the outbreak turkey says it has killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers in retaliation for the deaths of 5 of its soldiers it is the 2nd such as collation this month between those 2 countries in the coming hours lebanon's parliament will discuss the new government policy and give it a vote of confidence but anti-government protesters to spend months calling for a political overhaul are rejecting a prime minister hoss and cabinet and his policies at least 5 people have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital civilians were among the victims when a car bomb exploded near a military academy in kabul so far no one has claimed responsibility and the u.s.

the new hampshire primary has officially begun in the small town of dixville notch it's a tradition that goes back nearly 60 years and its residents were the 1st in the state to cast ballots. and the as governing party is expected to lose a major state election its 1st electoral tests and anti-government protests began 2 months ago the counting is underway for the delhi legislative assembly for early results suggest the liberal party is well ahead of the prime minister narendra modi's j.p. the government is going under pressure since passing that new citizenship law those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera the stream is next americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting in trouble here there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so

blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies a matter of fact on the world. welcome to the stream on semiotic a. one of west africa's most popular tourist destination spot international observers say children and young people all at risk of being exploited by some visit to what's needed to protect them do you live in an area where sex tourism is an issue share your thoughts to twitter. that can be as tourism industry has flourished from just see home to tourists in 165 to more than 160000 in 2017 about 20 percent of the country's economy is now generated by holiday makers butt.